Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness. – Baron William Henry Beveridge
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer. – Bayazid Al-Bistami